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Reach for the Sky (1956) was a Drama - Drama Film directed by Lewis Gilbert and produced by Anthony Nelson Keys and Daniel M. Angel.

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Reach for the Sky (1956)

By Beatrice on Apr 19, 2016 From Flickers in Time

Reach for the Sky Directed by Lewis Gilbert Written by Lewis Gilbert and Vernon Harris from a book by Paul Brickhill 1956/UK The Rank Organization/Angel Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant Bader: Fine! We’ll send Goering a telegram, and ask him not to come over for *three months”! T... Read full article


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Originally scripted with Richard Burton in mind for the lead role. The book 'The Golden Gong - Fifty years of the Rank Organisation, its films and its stars' by Quentin Falk states that Kenneth More " . . . was second choice, after Richard Burton, to play the Second World War fighter pilot Douglas Bader."
Biggest grossing British film of 1956 and the most successful film in England since Gone with the Wind.
Douglas Bader received a CBE from the Queen (Commander of the British Empire) for services to the disabled the same year that the film was released.
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